It's the Little Things in Life...

...that make me giddy. I am such a nerd. For example, today I FINALLY went and bought a new mouse for my laptop. Why it took me so long, I have absolutely no idea. Had I had my mouth washed out with soap every time I cursed at the f-ing thing, I definitely would have gone through a least one case of soap over the last year. It had a mind of it's own and would randomly stop working, followed by the cursing, unplugging, more cursing, replugging, until it would finally start working again. My new high tech mouse is wireless! Woohoo! Although I am not yet enjoying that feature since it has to be plugged in while the batteries are charging. I'm sure tomorrow I will be even more in love with my most recent purchase.

This type of random elation is actually pretty common in my life. Like when Jimmy recently installed my new closet systems. They are the fancy pants type with a tower of wood shelves in the center, one rod set high up on the left and two rods on the right for extra hanging space. You would have thought I was 5 years old and Santa had just come when I got to put all my stuff back in. Color coordinated of course. Have I mentioned I'm anal? I get it from my Dad. I'd be embarrassed to admit the number of hours I've spent lovingly admiring all their organized beauty. This also happened to coincide with the painting of our bedroom. It only took 2 years and 2 months for us to get around to. Why? Again I have no clue. Our guestroom, offices and pretty much every other room in our house have been painted since we moved in. I suppose living with the absolutely retched pea green color for that long did make the transformation that much more satisfying. But I think the lesson here is that we should not put off the things today that will make us giddy and give our husbands yet another reason to make fun of us because of our blown out of proportion giddiness until tomorrow.

I've decided that this is a great place to share one of my loves, collecting quotes, and will try to share ones I love that are relevant (or maybe not) to whatever the subject of the day's ramblings may be. We will see how long it actually lasts, but for today:

"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done." ~Anonymous

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid altogether." ~John Peers

"The road of by and by leads to the house of never." ~Spanish Saying

Another Victim

Like the others that fell before me, I too have been sucked into the world of blogging. Jimmy will surely be more convinced then ever that theknot.com is not merely a wedding planning website, but some sort of online super cult when he finds out about this one.

So for those of you who might not know me (which at the moment I'm sure you all do since the only ones who will know about my new blog right away are my knottie/nestie friends), here's a little background about what's going on in my life and what I'm sure will shape some of the upcoming ramblings in my future posts.

I was recently married to my best friend James in a donkey crazed wedding extravaganza by the sea. What you ask? Donkeys at a wedding? Well, yes, but it's a long story. Hence the blog name. (Go Team Donkey!) Some history and a few chuckles can be found by visiting www.jimmysdonkeyfund.com.

I am unemployed! And rather happy about it. Of course a few more dollars in the bank would go a long way to ease my apprehension about being paycheck-less. But the house is looking much better, and frankly I am just so happy to not have to work weekends that I really am not as upset or worried as I probably should be. We spent our first weekend off together at the MD Seafood Festival with some of our amazing friends and then last weekend at the Maryland Zoo enjoying their Reggae & Brew Festival. You definitely take for granted both being able to spend time with your friends and family, and enjoying all the fantastic things the weekends offer when you are stuck working every Saturday and Sunday.

Prior to my recent stay in my pajamas all day while spending 4 hours cleaning mounds of paperwork from my home office days, I spent 5 years employed selling and marketing new homes for builders. It can be a really fun and creative job that I truly will miss. Except obviously the working weekends part. While we are on this subject I do have a confession. I am OBSESSED with all things home. Selling homes, watching house related shows, visiting new home models, home improvement, home decoration, telling people what they should do to sell their homes. You'd think after working all day in the industry I would be tired of it, but no. It's almost a sickness. So, I am job hunting and hoping that I will find a job that will in some way feed this obsession that I have, but allow me to work Monday-Friday so I can still have a life.

I suppose I should wrap up for now. There is obviously much more to me, and my life, but it's now 3:30 and yet again I am still in my pajamas. Not that there is anything wrong with walking around all day in pink pants, a bright orange t-shirt and no bra, but I am actually meeting up with the friend who got me into selling homes for a few happy hour refreshments and so I should probably find an outfit that doesn't scream "I'm unemployed and don't give a crap I haven't brushed my hair yet today".

More to come later!